The Effect of Cross Fit Training on Anaerobic Power and Dynamic Balance of Greco-Roman and Freestyle Wrestlers

Aim; CrossFit is a sports branch which started as a training model and constituted its discipline by increasing gradually. The present study aims to examine the anaerobic power and dynamic balance changes of freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestlers who perform CrossFit training. Material and Method; The study was conducted with 40 male wrestlers who compete in the Turkish Wrestling Major League in the season of 2015-2016. Data form was distributed in order to determine the demographic characteristics of participants. Specialist physician support was provided during the application of tests and training programs. The values were recorded to the data form by creating measurement parkour and applying 30 seconds of anaerobic power test on Wattbike Pro after the body weight, length and age were recorded respectively. The recorded measurements were organized in MS Excel spreadsheet program. Two way ANOVA was used for repeated measures in the determination of differences between the pre and post measurement of participants' anaerobic power and balance values. Findings; The average pretest values for anaerobic absolute peak power of wrestlers in the experimental group were determined as 847.40 +/- 186.98 watt and average posttest values were determined as 942.55 +/- 193.77 watts. While the average pretest values for anaerobic relative peak power were determined as 7.32 +/- 0.87 watts/kg and average posttest values were determined as 7.79 +/- 0.75 watt/kg, the average pretest values for anaerobic absolute average power were determined as 522.40 +/- 94.09 watt and average posttest values were determined as 563.75 +/- 91.04 watt. The average pretest values for anaerobic absolute peak power of wrestlers in the control group were determined as 812.35 +/- 137.37 watts and the average posttest values were determined as 878.45 +/- 129.64 watts. While the average pretest values for anaerobic relative peak power were determined as 6.96 +/- 0.7 watts/kg and average posttest values were determined as 7.23 +/- 0.87 watt/kg, the average pretest values for anaerobic absolute average power were determined as 525.45 +/- 82.8 watt and average posttest values were determined as 553.25 +/- 78.1 watt. When dynamic balance values were examined, it was determined that the average pretest values for balance score of wrestlers in the experimental group were 19.82 +/- 4.92 and the average posttest values were 14.12 +/- 4.15, the average pretest values for balance score of wrestlers in the control group were 20.60 +/- 5.77 and the average posttest values were 17.64 +/- 5.07. Result; In accordance with these findings, it was observed that both the CrossFit and conventional wrestling training provided positive increases on the anaerobic power values and the dynamic balance of wrestlers. When the group factor was considered, it was observed that there wasn't a significant difference between the relative power, absolute peak power and average anaerobic power parameters of wrestlers in the experimental and control group. When measurement on dynamic balance (pretest-posttest) and group factor were examined, positive decreases were observed which had a significant difference.